# 5 The Social Life

Paragraph 1: Web 2.0 is all about social connection, communication, collaboration and sharing. The newer version of Web 1.0 it upgraded to include things such as twitter, wikis, and Diigo. I feel that all of these will be very useful inside the classroom but I would not use twitter when it comes too the classroom. Just for the fact that since twitter is such a widely used social media and can be unpredictable sometimes when it comes to middle and high school students because you never know what can happen. I feel twitter is better used for teachers keeping up to date with new technology due to the fact that twitter can be very personal. I feel that blogs would be great for high school and middle school students getting them connected without it being too personal.

Paragraph 2: https://www.pinterest.com/

To utilize the Web 2.0 tools I would use one of my favorite interactive websites of all time, which is Pinterest. I personally know so many teachers who have used this in the classroom when it comes to new teaching ideas, decorating and getting children into technology. I would love for students to have their own educational pinterest boards of different categories using what Pinterest has to offer. Even having students look up study tools and tips I feel Pinterest would be very helpful in the classroom with children and teachers. The website is so easy to navigate and able to use for anyone I feel like it would be very helpful in the classroom. 

Paragraph 3: When it comes to emerging technologies and the promise for our education I feel that 3-D printing is going to be a big piece of technology used in our schools. 3-D printing can take an idea for a project and bring it to life revolutionizing school projects. Teaching students coding, using collaborative websites and helping creativity this could help schools tremendously. There is also an aspect of fun seeing an idea come to life which could in turn encourage students to get excited about technology and pursue it more and more. Being used for math, science, geography and much more the 3-D printer has so many applications and could really be successful in a school setting.